Why Some Investment Bankers Like To Wear Swatchhttp://www.businessinsider.com/an-investment-banker-and-his-swatch-2012-9/comments
en-usWed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500Sun, 02 Aug 2015 14:42:27 -0400The ibankerhttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/506255a169bedd575a000001VenomTue, 25 Sep 2012 21:08:49 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/506255a169bedd575a000001
I have 3 degrees including an MBA and graduated high school at 16, could have at 15 but father would not let me. I gather I have read far more books than you have or ever will. Jealousy sucks my friend. Keep reading wile people like myself keep doing and buying the stuff you want to also:)http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50606118ecad04296d000004swiss watchesMon, 24 Sep 2012 09:33:12 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50606118ecad04296d000004
If you knew anything about the Swiss watch industry, you'd know that Swatch makes the internal chrono-guts for most of the big name Swiss, high-end luxury brands.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50605f96ecad04236d000005JoburiMon, 24 Sep 2012 09:26:46 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50605f96ecad04236d000005
Every one have the right to pretend it is a poor man :) , including bankers . The President in my country (Romania) drive a cheap popular model of car usualy obviously for political reason not because he did not afford the most expensive cars in the world . When bankers try to sold to ordinary peoples austerity measures ..they disguise a little into more ordinary man ....this is the main reason .http://www.businessinsider.com/c/506033706bb3f7d551000026item of noteMon, 24 Sep 2012 06:18:24 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/506033706bb3f7d551000026
Great passive aggressive boasting about wealth and collections. I recommend less time talking about watches, more time reading books... it's regardless of the price, not irregardless.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/505fb42f6bb3f78d6d0000019pointkidSun, 23 Sep 2012 21:15:27 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/505fb42f6bb3f78d6d000001
G-Shock for the win.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/505f6019eab8ea752e000015BillySun, 23 Sep 2012 15:16:41 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/505f6019eab8ea752e000015
I have a Rolex, but only wear it out occasionally. I usually wear inexpensive watches because I don't want the watch to speak louder than me. I hate being prejudge because I'm wearing a Rolex, I only wear it in the right setting.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/505f3f35eab8eafb6a000011geminiman7Sun, 23 Sep 2012 12:56:21 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/505f3f35eab8eafb6a000011
It's about just having fun, because you can. Not showing off. If money were no object to me, I would buy a lambo just to experience the "inner kid" in me with fun toys. What's wrong with that?
I would also buy a swatch because I would have nothing to prove. That's actually kind of cool LOLhttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/505f3b9369bedd3163000012VenomSun, 23 Sep 2012 12:40:51 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/505f3b9369bedd3163000012
I love my Movados. I had a Rado once also, nice watch too, but my Movados will always be my favorites. One of them is the iconic one from the 90's the Museum Sport with the gold dots that was in all the ads. I will never sell it.
Next watch will probably be a Chronoswiss Opus. My favorite watch is the A.Lange & Sohne Lange 1 in rose gold, but I can't bring myself to spend that much on a watch yet.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/505f1ffc69beddbe2400000eDean WormerSun, 23 Sep 2012 10:43:08 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/505f1ffc69beddbe2400000e
Wrong. ETA owned by Swatch makes lots of watch parts and movements but Rolex makes their own stuff.
Volkswagen owns Lamborghini. Does that mean they are the same car?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/505f1f5b6bb3f7ce59000007tivoboySun, 23 Sep 2012 10:40:27 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/505f1f5b6bb3f7ce59000007
I once worked with a C level bigshot at a global fortune 10 company. At the time, we were engineering one of the biggest mergers in history. 100's millions in fees, consultants, etc. Guy only wore the simplest of swatches, every day, every meeting, every black tie outing. I know he had all the others (rolex, breitling, IWC before it became trendy) but always wore the swatch. These days, who the heck needs a swatch.
disclaimer: Nicolas HYK was a friend. :-)http://www.businessinsider.com/c/505f1b6e6bb3f77953000001campost wiltoniaSun, 23 Sep 2012 10:23:42 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/505f1b6e6bb3f77953000001
If you knew anything about the Swiss watch industry, you'd know that Swatch makes the internal chrono-guts for most of the big name Swiss, high-end luxury brands.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/505f0f0f69beddb97f000001What?Sun, 23 Sep 2012 09:30:55 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/505f0f0f69beddb97f000001
Movado? Nice. But which is better? Movado or Rado? I like both.
A lawyer once told me that he was a Movado wearer for life - light, swiss, and no numbers - so as Byron Booze says, true wealth and power mean that the little numbers on the watch don['t really matter so much - it would be a lot less stressful not to have to worry about them - who really needs a second hand unless you are Buzz Aldrin?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/505f02b1ecad049f65000001Dean WormerSun, 23 Sep 2012 08:38:09 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/505f02b1ecad049f65000001
I have a Rolex. Bought it in 1991. Wear it almost everyday. I wanted a nice watch that I didnt have to worry about. Unbreakable, waterproof, good looking, wear it at the office, wear it at the beach, and yes it is a staus symbol and sometimes I wish I had a Swatch.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/505e94f8eab8ea120300000aVenomSun, 23 Sep 2012 00:50:00 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/505e94f8eab8ea120300000a
Maybe he just likes watches, irregardless of the price. I have a large and expensive watch collection which changes all the time. I have and have had Rolexes, IWC, Movados, Longines, Raymond Weil, Chopard, Sectors, Breitling and others. Two of my favorite watches I ever owned were a Casio Diving watch and my old calculator watch. I had Swatches too, nice watches. For the record, the Breitling Aerospace Titanium is the best watch ever made and the only watch you will ever need if you just had to pick one.
One of my neighbors is a bank president and he has a Patek Phillipe and he also has a Timex Ironman watch he wears all the time too with his suit and tie because he works out in the morning.
I collect watches because I truly love them. Generally I discount anyone I see wearing a Rolex and sold mine because 80% of the time someone wears one, they are doing so not because they care about watches, but because they want to show off. Tags come in a close second. Most of the time I have on my watches, I have on a $20 t shirt, $20 shorts and $25 flip flops.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/505e8ed3eab8eaf002000006JanetSun, 23 Sep 2012 00:23:47 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/505e8ed3eab8eaf002000006
So what? Bill Gates wears a Timex.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/505e82dfeab8ea5b69000002boozerbyronSat, 22 Sep 2012 23:32:47 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/505e82dfeab8ea5b69000002
True wealth and power is the ability to not wear a watch, period.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/505e70da69beddae1900001fYou are smittenSat, 22 Sep 2012 22:15:54 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/505e70da69beddae1900001f
Did you f*ck him? Because clearly you want to.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/505e6cb3eab8eacd38000008PJ BrunetSat, 22 Sep 2012 21:58:11 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/505e6cb3eab8eacd38000008
Maybe it's not that complicated. Cheapo manufacturing is ubiquitous. So it's very difficult to find a thin watch that doesn't protrude off your wrist. Bulky watches are impossible to wear while using a computer for any length of time. Swatch is exceptionally unique for selling thin watches (last I checked, which was a while ago) also Skagen sells thin watches. My 2 cents.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/505e63a2eab8ead822000020Evan Benz Sat, 22 Sep 2012 21:19:30 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/505e63a2eab8ead822000020
If you look at that watch, it clearly displays the time and the date.
If I had a week that was time sensitive.
If it's a Monday, and I had till Thursday to make a decision.
Or if it's Monday and a CD at the bank was maturing on Wednesday.
I would definitely switch to that watch pictured above.
Last thing you want to do is loose track of what day of the week it is during time sensitive blocks.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/505e5e3169bedd0c78000001fred-sofSat, 22 Sep 2012 20:56:17 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/505e5e3169bedd0c78000001
What is sad is that he uses his watch to prove his importance, rather than wearing them for the love of watches and their mechanics.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/505e4df76bb3f7173f000002AnomalySat, 22 Sep 2012 19:47:03 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/505e4df76bb3f7173f000002
The author needs to get a life. Who the fuck cares what watch some douche bag wears, the guy is still a douche bag. You can wrap dog shit in silk it's still dog shit.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/505e4cacecad042a7500000cFactSat, 22 Sep 2012 19:41:32 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/505e4cacecad042a7500000c
"sitting behind the wheels of a Ferrari Testarossa" is not about wealth, it is about showing off.